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International Governance Research: How Far Have We Traveled?. Boyd, Carroll & Howard (1996). International governance research: A review and an agenda for future research. Advances in International Comparative Management. Then Data availability Researcher ethnocentrism Perceived uniqueness
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International Governance Research:How Far Have We Traveled? Boyd, Carroll & Howard (1996). International governance research: A review and an agenda for future research. Advances in International Comparative Management
Then Data availability Researcher ethnocentrism Perceived uniqueness Loosely integrated research Now Better Little change Too far Still limited Deterrents to Research
Focus Micro: Explicitly addresses board characteristics or variables Macro: Governance included as element of broader analysis Orientation Descriptive: Studies a single country, often exploratory Comparative: Multi-country, compares practices across nations Explanatory: Multi-country, builds theory to explain/integrate national differences Classifying Studies
Then More emphasis on description than theory testing Selectivity in countries studied Inconsistencies in choice of variables studied Now More hypothesis testing, but a lot of international replication Little change Little change Key Limitations of Prior Research